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Ruapehu iwi Ngāti Rangi held its first traditional tattoo gathering since the early 1900s during a weekend in early September.

A group of 14 Ngāti Rangi uri (descendants) received facial moko to mark the signing of their Treaty of Waitangi settlement – Rukutia te Mana.

Ngāti Rangi lead negotiator Che Wilson led the wānanga, and said the Moko Ahurea was an important step in the tribe's journey to reclaiming the taonga of its ancestors.

"Our Moko Ahurea was an expression of reclamation where we revived and celebrated our way of being Ngāti Rangi. Thirteen wāhine received their moko kauae [chin moko] and one male their mataora [moko of the face], which shows me that there is an appetite to continue in this journey," he said.